16 for Mother's Day.....

Reprinted from http://jazzwax.com

Used with permission by Marc Myers

Sunday is Mother's Day. Whether you're traveling to mom's house, can't make it there this weekend or just have fond memories, here are 16 jazz tracks to remind you of her love and care. They are in order of my favorites, with the album's title in parenthesis. All are available as downloads:

Mother Knickerbocker—Chubby Jackson (Chubby's Back)
Lady Chatterley's Mother—Gerry Mulligan (Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard)
Four Mothers—Shorty Rogers (Very Best of Shorty Rogers)
Motherland—Meredith d'Ambrosio (Silent Passion)
Old Mother Nature Calls—Horace Silver (United States of Mind)
My Mother's Eyes—Sonny Stitt (Salt and Pepper)
The Brothers Go to Mother's—Henry Mancini (Peter Gunn)
Mother of Earl—Bill Evans (At the Montreux Jazz Festival)
Helen's Mother's Song—George Cables (Looking for the Light)
Mother Goose—Bunny Berigan (Bunny Berigan: 1937)
Your Mother and Mine—Bix Beiderbecke (Trumbology)
Mother—Ray Charles (Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again)
Mama Don't Allow—Sonny Stitt (Low Flame)
M-O-T-H-E-R—Sonny Sitt (Sonny's Blues)
My Mother Told Me—Nat King Cole (Unforgettable: Remastered)
Universal Mother—Don Cherry (Hear & Now)
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